Friday, July 1: Climate Change Might Win
If a tree falls due to deforestation and no one's alive to hear it, does it make a sound?
In 30 years I have never read such frequent headlines about the supreme court in such a short period of time. Yesterday was a big day for the nine black-robed bastards. First, just after noon on Thursday, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the first black woman to join the court. Later in the day, the court brought into question the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency and limited its ability to regulate pollution. It was one step forward in the morning followed by about fourteen steps back in the afternoon, a classic case of hustling backwards.
“One battle is lost (unsurprisingly, given this Supreme Court), but the war against climate change very much goes on.” - Michael Gerrard, environmental law expert
There seems to be a general consensus that climate change is both real and very much affecting our ability to function day-to-day. Yet there’s heavy reluctance by the courts and those in power to act on it or to at least empower the agencies tasked with regulating and limiting pollution. Instead there’s a push to wring as much out of this planet as possible before its destruction; extract every resource, pollute every drop of water, rip away every indication that this planet could have been a utopia. Our children, and their children will grow up in a dirtier, less habitable and more dangerous planet. But at least our military will be funded.
Side Items
Kevin Durant took another step as the most dramatic player in the NBA, requesting a trade from the Brooklyn Nets and bringing the league to a standstill until he makes a decision on where to play next
Israel elected a new prime minister, which as demonstrated by this headline, means nothing good for the Palestinians
Spare a prayer for Brittney Griner, as her trial is set to begin in Russia. Griner faces up to 10 years in a penal colony for possessing vape cartridges…wtf